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4. In-depth Interview: This technique was used to get a deeper understanding about the
issues. It was done in-depth by interviewing the key people who will be affected by
the development of plantation. The criteria of choosing the respondents were based on
the knowledge possessed or their direct experience over the impact or impacts.
5. Tri Angulations: this method was carried out in integrated way to reciprocally verify
the actual issues, opinions and ideas.
6. Social Learning Cycle: The Social Impact Assessment is not a linear process which
is instantly created but a cycled process which functions as the social learning
processes to respond the changes in the environment.
Summary of SEI Findings
The finding from the AMDAL (SEIA) and SIA assessment identifies both positive and
negative impacts from the proposed operational activities of PT Agrowiratama. The positive
impacts of the activities identified are uplift of the local people’s financial income, opening
of more job opportunities and several others whilst the negative impacts that are possible to
occur are the threats to the existence of the ecology as well as the potential conflict of
workforce, socio-cultural disturbance, and others. The SIA study result by RSPO Accredited
Assessors (Aksenta) stated that, in general, the existence of PT Agrowiratama has a
significant social impact to the basic requirement to the social sustainability of local
community. Those findings have defined how the company’s business management
influences the key issues in the respective components of the social sustainability of local
community (details in the SIA report of PT Agrowiratama Sambas July 2010 by Aksenta,
page 6-1).
The stakeholders mentioned in the context of Social Impact Assessment are those who may
affect or being affected by the operation of the oil palm plantations and mills. The
identification of those parties was carried out through a series of Focus Group Discussion
(FGD) meetings within the management and local community as well as on site interviews.
There is a detail stakeholders consulted during the assessments and this is presented in the
SIA report of PT Agrowiratama Sambas July 2010 by Aksenta.\
SUMMARY FROM HCV ASSESSMENT(S):
Assessors and their credentials
The HCV assessment of PT Agrowiratama was carried by independent consultants from
Aksenta which is located at Jl. Gandaria VIII/10, Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta 12130;
Telephone/fax: +62 21 739-6518, E-mail: aksenta@aksenta.com. The team members are:
1. Wibowo A Djatmiko. He has the capacity and experience in conservation research,
wild life management, habitat and population study, wild life ecology (especially on
birds and herpetofauna), and forest ecology (including forests resident) researches. He
graduated from Bogor Agriculture University in Forestry majoring in the field of
biodiversity conservation. He is also involved and attended courses such as Second
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